Trolley-pole mount.



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E. H. BURNES.

TROLLEY POLE MOUNT. .LPPLIOATION mum JULY 21, 1904.

M Invenfor PATENTBD AUG. 4, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED JUL! 21, 1904.

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UNITED STAT PATENT oFFI E. 1'

EDWIN H. BURXES, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOROF ONE-THIRD TO PHOEBUS H.

ALEXANDER, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

TROLLEY-POLE MOUNT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented ru 4, 1903.

Application filed July 27, 1904. Serial No. 218,365.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. Eowrs H. BURNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolley-Pole Mounts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming part of the same.

My invention relates to devices for mounting trolley poles, and has for its object to provide a mountwith springs of such character and-so arranged that the force of the springs, when the ole is from any cause released or disengage from the line, does not cause the pole to lly upward with a sudden and powerful strain upon the mount and its connections, but causes the upward impulse of the springs to be exerted with gradual diminution so that the strain on the mount is cushioned and the connections thereby relieved of any destructive effects.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features, arrangements of arts, and combinations of elements heremafter described, and more particularly set forth in the claims.

It will be understood that where I refer to. a trolley pole in the following description and claims I mean any device for carrying the current from the line to the car motors.

A convenientembodimcnt of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a central section at right angles to the plane of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation at right angles to that of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a plan view.

The base of the mount is indicated by 1. It is secured to the roof or roof-frame of the car in any convenient manner, (not shown), and consists preferably of circular bottom plate having an upstanding flange or collar 2, strengthened by suitable gussets or braces, as 3. Around the collar is an outstanding flange 4, tapering outwardly, as shown, to form a bearing for the rotatable carrier. The carrier consists of an annular plate 5, having a bearing surface 6, iDCllIlOt oppositely to the upper surface of the flange 4.

Secured in any convenient way to the lower side of the plate 5 is a collar 7, with an inwardly extending flange 8, having a bearing surface 9, inclined oppositely to the lower 55 surface of the flange 4. Interposed between the plate 5 and the flange 4, and between the latter and the flange-8, is a convenient number of conical anti-friction rollers, distributed around the circumference of the parts mentioncd. T 0 protect the roller bearings from dirt, water, etc., a removable cover 5 may be grovided for the opening in the plate 5.

n opposite sides of the plate 5 are lugs, 10, 11,in which are mounted ivots 12, 13 carrying the bracket 14. The atter is provided with a tubular socket, preferably made in two arts, 15, 16, secured by bolts or other s'uita le means, to permit the ready insertion and removal of the trolley ole 17.

On the plate 5, midway between t 1e lugs 10, 11, are studs or bosses 18, 19, registering with similar bosses 20, 21, on the collar 7, for the purpose of carrying the springs 22, 23. The latter are of the leaf type, as shown, consisting of any suitable number of leaves, as for example three each, and are removably secured to the supporting bosses by lates 24, 25, and screws 26, 27.

'1 1e ends ofthe springs are connected to the bracket ears 28, 29, by rods 30. The latter carry conical washers 31, which coact with the holes in the spring ends to form a.

species of universal joint, permitting free movement of the parts, as indicated in Fig. 3. The washers are held on the rods by nuts 32 and lock nuts 33. By setting the nuts at different positions on the rods the tension of the springs may be adjusted, as will be readily understood. The rods are connected to the bracket-ears, preferably at the corners of the latter by means of pivots 34. V V

From the foregoing the operation of the device will be clear. The springs are constructed or adjusted soas to hold the ole in an inclined position, as shown. 1V ien drawn down to engage the trolley wire, both sprin s are flexed and the contact wheel is held firmly but yieldingl against the Wire. When the wheel is sudtlianly released, the springs carry it back to its original position, but with decreasing force since the tension of the springs is constantly decreasing. \Vhen the normal position of the ole is reached, if its momentum is suitic-ient to carry it farther it again encounters the resistance of the springs; but the tension,

rest with but few thereof is now increasing, on account of the shorter leaves comin into 0 eration'. The pole is therefore chedlied wit gradually increasing force, until it is finally brought to oscillations and without slamming or sudden strains on the mount mechanism. It is also readily reversed, the mount turning easily and smoothly on its rollers. The width of the yoke or bracket 14 between its pivots also materiall reduces the strains on the pivots produced by transverse flexure of the pole or in turning the mount to ret'erse the pole.

The device herein shown I consider a convenient embodiment of my invention, but the latter may of course be embodied in other and widely varying forms without departure from its proper scope.

lVha-t I claim is: In a device of'the combination of a rotatable base member 5, a pair of upstanding lugs 10, 11, on o posite sides thereof, a trolley pole yoke 14: aving depending cars 29 pivoted to the lugs, a air ofbosses 18, 19, on opposite sides of the arse member midway between the said lu s, leaf springs 22, 23, secured at their middle points to the said bosses, and rods 30 secured to the ends of the leaf springs and pivoted to the ears of the trolley pole yoke on opposite sides of and below the pivots of said ears, as set forth.

' EDYVIN H. BURNES.

YVitnesses:

C. A. STROEBEL,

I I'IARRY HOWARD.

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